Recipe: Guntur Chicken Dry | Guntur Kodi Vepudu

Guntur Chicken is a popular chicken fry cooked in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur kodi vepudu….kodi means chicken & vepudu means fry in Telugu.This dish is said to have been invented by the local farmers of guntur who wanted to pair the rice with something spicy & hot! Hence this dish is typical desi style unlike the other dishes of Andhra which usually have a royal touch.
Guntur Chicken can be cooked either as a gravy(guntur kodi kura) or as a dry fry.Guntur chicken uses the Guntur chillies which are very spicy! You can reduce the number of chillies accordingly.

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Chicken marination

1. Marinate chicken with above ingredients for atleast 20 minutes.

Guntur chicken masala preparation

1. Dry roast the above ingredients on low flame & grind to a fine powder.

Guntur chicken preparation

1. In a pot, add oil and heat it. then add the onions, guntur chillies, curry leaves & s aute until translucent. add ginger garlic paste & saute until raw smell goes.

2. Then add the marinated chicken & saute.then add the prepared guntur masala.

3. Add water and adjust the salt. cover & cook for 15 mins on low flame.

4. Add coriander leaves & mix.

5. Garnish with some fresh ginger juliennes.